Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe’s new film ‘Robin Hood’ had its gala premiere in Nottingham last night. Unfortunately Russ and Riddles couldn’t make it, as they were in Cannes for the world premiere. All was not lost as we still had Jack Downham (Noah Tate in Emmerdale!) and Derby’s James Burrows who plays the much fought over “feral child” role in the film. And when you add to that Lord Mayor Brian Grocock and real life Sheriff of Nottingham Penny Griggs who needs Cannes? The celebrity guests were rounded off by the brilliant Nottingham born film director Shane Meadows and former WBC Super Middleweight boxing champion Carl Froch.

This is great news for the city as, according to the Metro, the film formerly titled ‘Nottingham’ is expected to generate “£46million worth of extra tourism to the city”. A Vist Nottingham spokeswoman went on to say “Nottingham’s getting better and better all the time… There’s so much on offer here.” Not least of all web design company Gooii, she didn’t say it but I bet she was thinking it.

The union of Orange and T-Mobile will be called ‘Everything Everywhere’. According to the Times Online the new name will be used in advertising to demonstrate the strength of the new network but won’t replace the existing brands. Whilst it doesn’t strike me as a great name, as with all great branding concepts it all comes down to the marketing. I just hope they use the the Fleetwood Mac song ‘Everywhere’ in their advertising.

Official annoncements have yet to be made from Vodafone and O2 but price plans for 3G access on the iPad have been revealed in the UK’s online Apple store. O2 are offering 500MB of 3G data for £2 a day or £15 for 3GB per month. Vodafone are offering 250MB priced at £10 per month or 5GB for £25 per month. This is compared to Orange who offer 5p for every 1mb used, capped at £40 a month. Alternatively it will cost £2 for 200MB daily or £7.50 a week for 1GB of data. Monthly plans work out at £15 a month for 3gb and £25 a month for 10gb.

I’m sure there’s a price plan out there to suit everyone but if you’re already paying for a mobile phone contract this could prove pretty pricey. There’s also no information on what costs are involved if the agreed limit is exceeded or the tie-in lengths involved.

For more info hop on over to Pocket-Lint

3D is the next big thing but I prefered the extra dimension when it was a novelty reserved for horror movies. I liked the gimmicky aspect and to be terrified when items to fly out the screen at me. Since the success of ‘Smurfs in Space’, sorry ‘Avatar’, it seems all big budget films have to be in 3D. So many in fact that simply being in 3D is no longer enough to sell a movie. Having said that if they re-release Star Wars in 3D, I’m there. In Nottingham we’ve had a 3D cinema for quite some time, so the revolution isn’t all that new but to many it must be an exciting prospect. Here’s a line-up of future 3D releases:

Men In Back 3(D)
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince
Piranha 3D
Shrek Forever After
Toy Story 3(D)
Cats and Dogs (The Revenge of Kitty Galore)
The Smurfs 3D (Genuinely)
Tron 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Cars 2
The adventures of Tin Tin
Journey to the Center of the Earth 2
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Ricky Gervais Flanimals
Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie
Puss in Boots
Madagasgar 3(D)
Pixar’s Newt
Monsters Inc 2

As you can see the majority of these films are animated but with the new Spider-Man, Green Lantern, Batman 3 and Superman films rumoured to be 3D, it looks like Hollywood are serious about the format.

Home viewing is also due a 3D makeover, heavily endorsed by Sony who are spearheading the movement with a range of 3D TVs, Blu-Ray players and a 3D update for the PS3 console. Unfortunately not only is the current price point of 3D TVs prohibitive, I personally don’t want to wear a clunky pair of glasses just to watch someone humilate themselves on Britain’s Got Talent.

As Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott prepare to release their new blockbuster ‘Robin Hood’, Nottingham’s greatest thief hero once again becomes the centre of attention.

For more info visit: This is Nottingham

As the debate rages on between Apple and Adobe, Flash developers hit back at claims that Flash is limited to PC mouse point and click. Whatever the outcome, one thing that is sure is Nottingham, UK based website design company Gooii (that’s us) will be supporting, developing and innovating on both Flash and iPhone platforms.

PepsiCo Social Media Visualization from Struck on Vimeo.

Website design companies like Gooii are thriving in the city, we have a new Contemporary Arts Centre and there are plans for a ‘Creative Village’. Will this help make Nottingham one of the UK’s leading art and design centre

For more info visit This Is Nottingham

This clip has been doing huge business on the net this week, very Michel Gondry, PIXELS by Patrick Jean from ONE MORE PRODUCTION.

You can now follow Nottingham website design company Gooii on Twitter @gooii_design

If you’ve ever used Xbox 360 Kinect to control video and other media, you’ll be wondering how long it’ll be before other devices are controlled in this way. Well the wait is actually a lot shorter than anyone could have expected. ASUS have just announced the WAVI Xtion (catchy) for PC, which is being co-developed by PrimeSense, the company that provided some of the technology for Kinect.

ASUS general manager Kent Chien had this to say about the new device “ASUS combines its wireless cross-room solution with PrimeSense’s simple, intuitive, gesture-based control technology to allow users to enjoy and share PC content on TV with gestures.”

The WAVI Xtion is due for release the first half of this year, for more info visit: www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-04-kinect-attack-of-the-clones